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I just got back a month ago from hiking with Shewie and some of the other BC hangers around Braemar (Scotland Highlands). I had a stock BB bug net and I was midge free. I did have a top cover but it is not form fitted and it was not what was keeping them out. I heard about how they can get through the net but it held them at bay. BTW take a head net, gloves, and avon's skin so soft.

I just got back a month ago from hiking with Shewie and some of the other BC hangers around Braemar (Scotland Highlands). I had a stock BB bug net and I was midge free. I did have a top cover but it is not form fitted and it was not what was keeping them out. I heard about how they can get through the net but it held them at bay. BTW take a head net, gloves, and avon's skin so soft.

Maybe the buggers are just the size to sometimes be able to push their way through the netting. In that case, it would probably make the problem a noseeum netting batch related one. I.e. if you're lucky, the stock netting will be fine. If you're not and your WBBB has a net made of the "wrong" batch, the midges will have a meal...
Thanks for the advice on the "dress code", Dutch. I'm going to make very sure I follow that.

Nows that's exactly what I'm fearing to meet ( *shiver* ). I'm one of those guys all the stinging and biting insects just love to get a piece of. If nobody else in the group so much as sees an insect, normally it's because the little critters are all busy poking holes into me.

The net I had fitted in my BB was junk, it only lasted a few trips before pulling apart in various places. Brandon said when he did it that it was horrid to work with and wasn't sure if it would last, he was right. It was good netting for other applications like bug jackets etc, but over the ridgeline on my BB and the packing away just killed it.
I'm not sure if it's an option but nano-seeum is what you really need to keep them out, Dutch said he had no trouble when he was over but I did have that one experience on Loch Shiel when they were climbing through the weave.

I've just had my BB modded again by Mat at UKHammocks, it's now got nano-seeum fitted but I've not had chance to try it yet, my last trip was on the deck.

You could try and spray your BB with permethrin if you have any, failing that just wear a headnet to bed and try not to watch them

Maybe the buggers are just the size to sometimes be able to push their way through the netting. In that case, it would probably make the problem a noseeum netting batch related one. I.e. if you're lucky, the stock netting will be fine. If you're not and your WBBB has a net made of the "wrong" batch, the midges will have a meal...
Thanks for the advice on the "dress code", Dutch. I'm going to make very sure I follow that.

Nows that's exactly what I'm fearing to meet ( *shiver* ). I'm one of those guys all the stinging and biting insects just love to get a piece of. If nobody else in the group so much as sees an insect, normally it's because the little critters are all busy poking holes into me.

My tights worked well because they will enter any opening. They could not bit through and my socks were tucked in. However they found Thor way in at my wrists and above my butt.
Scotland is the furtherest north the Roman empire advanced. The apparently didn't have the right bug netting.

The net I had fitted in my BB was junk, it only lasted a few trips before pulling apart in various places. Brandon said when he did it that it was horrid to work with and wasn't sure if it would last, he was right. It was good netting for other applications like bug jackets etc, but over the ridgeline on my BB and the packing away just killed it.
I'm not sure if it's an option but nano-seeum is what you really need to keep them out, Dutch said he had no trouble when he was over but I did have that one experience on Loch Shiel when they were climbing through the weave.

I've just had my BB modded again by Mat at UKHammocks, it's now got nano-seeum fitted but I've not had chance to try it yet, my last trip was on the deck.

You could try and spray your BB with permethrin if you have any, failing that just wear a headnet to bed and try not to watch them

Have a great trip, it's a beautiful place

Shewie, that's food for thoughts, that is.
Seems like the easiest and safest solution would be a hammock with nano-seeum built in. Which Mat at UKHammocks happens to offer. Those Woodsman X's he's got look mighty fine. Not that I really need another hammock, but...

Originally Posted by Dutch

Scotland is the furtheredt north the Roman empire advanced. The apparently didn't have the right big netting.

bug net

hope this helps i live in Norway and we have those little buggers here i have the stock bug net from brandon i use it with my W DL T and it dont let em in i was a bit worried at first cause they are so small and were all around me but a fire helps they dont like smoke inside the netting it was totally midge free all night happy trails mate...